The document summarizes the RIPE NCC's efforts to promote IPv6 adoption, including running training courses on IPv6 for members and hosting roadshows. It notes that the RIPE NCC will run out of IPv4 address space within its last /8 allocation. It provides statistics on current IPv6 adoption rates among RIPE NCC members and describes the topics covered in the IPv6 for LIRs training course.

1. Reaching the last /8
and deploying IPv6
Nathalie Trenaman
RIPE NCC
IPv6 World Congress, 27 June 2012

2. About the RIPE NCC
• One of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR)
• The RIPE NCC service region covers Europe, the
Middle East and parts of central Asia
• Not-for-profit association, based in Amsterdam
• Funded from the membership fee
• 8,200 members throughout the region
• Neutral, impartial, open and transparent
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3. IPv4 Depletion Worldwide
IPv4 Pool in /8’s
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AfriNIC RIPE NCC LACNIC ARIN APNIC
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4. RIPE NCC IPv4 Pool
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5. RIPE NCC’s last /8
• We do things differently!
• Ensures IPv4 access for all members
- 16000+ /22s in a /8
- members can get one /22 (=1024 addresses)
- must already hold IPv6
- must qualify for allocation
• /16 set aside for unforeseen situations
- if unused, will be distributed
• No PI (yet? policy proposal 2012-04)
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6. IPv6 RIPEness: 8265 LIRs
1 star
14%
2 stars
6%
3 stars
12%
No IPv6
50%
4 stars
18%
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7. RIPE NCC Training Services
• Delivers training courses to members
– RIPE NCC membership fee covers course
• Courses
– LIR
– Routing Registry
– IPv6 for LIRs
• E-learning
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8. Interaction and Cooperation
• Surveys
– After each course
– Yearly
• Training material freely available
• Mailing lists
• Twitter (@trainingRIPENCC, @ripe_ncc)
• www.ipv6actnow.org
• Conferences and seminars
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9. IPv6 For LIRs: Course History
• Started July 2009
–9 courses in 2009
– 182 attendees
• Half-day course
• Videos
• Focus on awareness
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10. IPv6 For LIRs: 2011
• Numbers increased significant
– 44 courses
– 34 countries
– 987 attendees
• Different demands in different countries
• Focus has changed to deployment
• Added more exercises and best current
practices
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11. IPv6 For LIRs: Course Topics
• IPv4?
• IPv6 Address Basics
• Getting it
• Exercise: Making Assignments
• Transition Mechanisms
• Exercise: Addressing Plan
• Deploying
• Exercise: Configuring IPv6
• Real Life IPv6 Deployment
• Exercise: Deployment Challenges
• Tips
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12. MENOG/RIPE NCC IPv6 Roadshow
• Standalone workshop hosted by a government
or enterprise organisation
–3 or 5 days
• Hands-on technical training, working with
industry partners
• Goals
– Ensure sustainable growth of the Internet in the region
– Help position governments to lead on IPv6
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13. RIPE-554 Document
• “Requirements for IPv6 in ICT Equipment”
• Best Current Practice describing what to ask for
when requesting IPv6 Support
• Useful for tenders and RFPs
• Originated by the Slovenian Government
– Adopted and translated by various others (Germany,
Sweden)
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/current-ripe-documents/ripe-554
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14. Customers And Their /48
• Customers have no idea how to handle 65536
subnets!
• Provide them with information
– https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/material/IPv6-
for-LIRs-Training-Course/IPv6_addr_plan4.pdf
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15. Questions?